Mesha Sankranti 2017 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine Punya kaal 23:34 Thu, Fri 14 Apr
Festival · times in EEST
When is Mesha Sankranti 2017 in Khmelnytskyi?
Friday 14 April
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Full panchang for Fri 14 Apr in KhmelnytskyiMesha Sankranti Punya kaal: what time?
Why is Mesha Sankranti on Fri 14 Apr in Khmelnytskyi?
Mesha Sankranti is on Fri 14 Apr: the Sun enters Mesha in the night, at 23:34 Thu.
Ring: the Sun’s yearly path, 12 rashis of 30° counted from 0°; stars fixed (sidereal, Lahiri). Close-up: the Sun’s path on one clock (UTC+3): its rashi above, day and night below. Sun: at each sunrise, with its longitude, and where it enters.
Thu 13 Apr. The Sun enters Mesha at 23:34.
Fri 14 Apr. The Sun entered Mesha in the night before; this day keeps it.
The Sun enters Mesha at 23:34 Thu, after sunset (20:01 Thu), so the next day keeps it: Fri 14 Apr. No text giving Mesha Sankranti’s time was found; sankranti is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
The Sun’s entry into Mesha (sidereal, Lahiri)
Mesha Sankranti is the Sun’s entry into Mesha.
- Smarta
- an ingress by day keeps that day; one after sunset, the next: Tithika’s convention.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.